Former international footballer George Weah has been sworn in as president of Liberia. "I have spent many years of my life in stadiums, but today is a feeling like no other," President Weah told crowds in the capital Monrovia. It is Liberia's ... Read More

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be unable to report for work on Monday, as the US Senate struggles to end a government shutdown. Some will not be paid until the stalemate is resolved. A rare Sunday session of the Senate ... Read More

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued an Executive Order seeking to protect women against domestic violence and abolishing female genital mutilation against girls below the age of 18. The order comes as part of President Sirleaf’s closing ... Read More

Olusegun Obasanjo Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday received a doctorate from the country’s National Open University (NOUN). Obasanjo, who has twice governed Nigeria as a military ruler and democratic president, was among 14,769 graduands on the day. He ... Read More

When Washington is this broken, it's always the most vulnerable who get hurt. Political careers may be made and lost Friday as President Donald Trump and Republicans and Democrats in Congress trade blame while the government races toward a midnight shutdown ... Read More

Martin Luther King Junior Rabbi Shanna Potter-Jaffee, an American  Civil Rights Activist has urged Americans to honour the legacy of Martin Rev Luther King Junior by sharing the hope for humanity and to shun what divided them. Americans should look out ... Read More

Ghanaian Peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has organized “fun-day” for displaced children in a protection site in Bentiu. The Ghanaian Peacekeepers took this nimble and playful, yet robust initiative to engage with hundreds of boys and ... Read More

President Yahya Jammeh Citizens in the Gambia are enjoying freedom after over two decades of highhanded reign by former president Yahya Jammeh. According to a recent report released by U.S. based pro democracy outlet Freedom House, The Gambia had moved from ... Read More

Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina has been freed after more than a year in detention. Merera becomes the first ‘political prisoner’ to be released since Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced on 3 January that the government will pardon several convicted politicians ... Read More

Today is the first day of fasting and praying for God’s intervention in the ongoing cholera epidemic in Zambia, and many on social media are not amused. The one week prayer and fasting period was declared by Zambia’s minister of Religion ... Read More